2003-2004 Bill 1205: Tameka Kimesung Lane - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 115th Session, 2003-2004 3 4 S. 1205 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senator Patterson 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22651htc04.doc 11 12 Introduced in the Senate on April 28, 2004 13 Introduced in the House on April 29, 2004 14 Adopted by the General Assembly on April 29, 2004 15 16 Summary: Tameka Kimesung Lane 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 4/28/2004 Senate Introduced, adopted, sent to House SJ-13 23 4/29/2004 House Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence HJ-9 24 25 26 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 27 28 4/28/2004 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING 12 ACHIEVEMENTS OF TAMEKA KIMESUNG LANE OF 13 BLAIR, SOUTH CAROLINA, IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE, 14 TO CONGRATULATE HER UPON HER GRADUATION 15 FROM THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 16 ON MAY 21, 2004, AND TO EXTEND BEST WISHES TO HER 17 IN ALL HER FUTURE ENDEAVORS. 18 19 Whereas, to achieve excellence in the field of medicine is no easy 20 task and to do so with grace and an unwavering spirit is 21 exceptionally rare; and 22 23 Whereas, Ms. Tameka Kimesung Lane is on the threshold of 24 completing her lifelong dream of becoming a physician as she 25 prepares for graduation from the Medical University of South 26 Carolina in Charleston on May 21, 2004, and the trials and 27 tribulations she encountered on her way would have discouraged 28 the best of us; and 29 30 Whereas, growing up in the rural area of Blair, South Carolina, 31 Ms. Lane was very poor and lived with her mother and two 32 brothers in a small trailer with very little money for clothing or 33 food; and 34 35 Whereas, after the health of Ms. Lane’s mother, Nancy Lane, 36 began to deteriorate, Ms. Lane left school to care for her mother 37 and to take on the role of financial provider for her family, 38 working as often as she could to earn money for her mother’s 39 health care; and 40 41 Whereas, throughout her life, Ms. Lane cared for her mother and 42 other members of her family, often putting her dream of becoming

1 [1205] 1 1 a physician on hold, but never doubting that one day she would 2 achieve that dream; and 3 4 Whereas, through her hard work and perseverance, Ms. Lane 5 graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1996 with a 6 B.S. in Nursing, and went on to work as a nurse in the Labor and 7 Delivery Unit at Palmetto Baptist Hospital in Columbia; and 8 9 Whereas, with her commitment to rigorous study, Ms. Lane went 10 on to be promoted to a charge nurse within a year, making it one of 11 the fastest promotions to date within the Women’s and Children’s 12 Services department, and she has not slowed down since; and 13 14 Whereas, accepted to medical school in 2000, Ms. Lane excelled in 15 everything that crossed her path, and she has been recognized for 16 her service to the community as well as to MUSC and the 17 departments with which she has worked; and 18 19 Whereas, Ms. Lane, along with her brother, Shakeem Kenya Lane, 20 will become the first sister and brother to graduate at the same time 21 from the College of Medicine and the first African-American 22 siblings ever to graduate from the College of Medicine at MUSC; 23 and 24 25 Whereas, specializing in Dermatology, Ms. Lane has accepted an 26 invitation to do her internship at Spartanburg Regional Medical 27 Center and will do her residency at the New York University 28 Hospital; and 29 30 Whereas, throughout her life Ms. Lane has dealt with a number of 31 seemingly insurmountable setbacks on the path toward her goal of 32 becoming a doctor. Through these setbacks, Ms. Lane has kept a 33 positive attitude, and while at times her goal was hard to see, her 34 heart never lost sight of her dream; and 35 36 Whereas, Tameka Lane is an example of triumph though adversity 37 and the members of the South Carolina General Assembly are 38 more than proud to call her one of our own. Now, therefore, 39 40 Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives 41 concurring: 42

1 [1205] 2 1 That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South 2 Carolina, by this resolution, honor and recognize the outstanding 3 achievements of Tameka Kimesung Lane of Blair, South Carolina, 4 in the field of medicine, congratulate her upon her graduation from 5 the Medical University of South Carolina on May 21, 2004, and 6 extend best wishes to her in all her future endeavors. 7 8 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 9 Tameka Kimesung Lane of Blair, South Carolina. 10 ----XX---- 11

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